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So for a long time I've basically gone round in circles with debts but I now need to get it under control as I seem to have less each month.

I live at home with my parents and pay a small amount of rent each month but cover the phone, sky, broadband etc here is my SOA. I've gone through my bank statement and things are as close as I could get them to be.

I've no entitlement to any state benefits and I am already looking at second jobs even though I work full time.

Household Information[/b]
Number of adults in household........... 1
Number of children in household......... 0
Number of cars owned.................... 1

Monthly Income Details
Monthly income after tax................ 1330
Partners monthly income after tax....... 0
Benefits................................ 0
Other income............................ 0
Total monthly income.................... 1330

It is understandable that the pressure of debt can get on top of you and knowing where to start can sometimes be the hardest thing. The good thing about your budget is that your expenses are limited because you live at home. There may be places that you can still try and cut back even further on. Such as your mobile phone (when the contract is up for renewal), the landline and satellite bundle, housekeeping and possibly presents as well. The more money you saving, the more you can overpay the debts to drive the balances down.

You can maintain the minimum payments and then, to get rid of the debts as quick as possible, you should overpay them. Use the additional surplus (£135 as your budget shows) and any extra savings you make on your budget to pay extra to the debts. You can start with the highest APR and work your way down. You could also look at other potential 0% interest cards to switch to, if possible.

Destroy the cards, and do not use any more credit. You could consider downgrading your car as well if you wanted to pay lump sums off the debts as well, but that is not a requirement. Best of luck,

So for a long time I've basically gone round in circles with debts but I now need to get it under control as I seem to have less each month.

I live at home with my parents and pay a small amount of rent each month but cover the phone, sky, broadband etc here is my SOA. I've gone through my bank statement and things are as close as I could get them to be.

I've no entitlement to any state benefits and I am already looking at second jobs even though I work full time.

Household Information[/b]
Number of adults in household........... 1
Number of children in household......... 0
Number of cars owned.................... 1

Monthly Income Details
Monthly income after tax................ 1330
Partners monthly income after tax....... 0
Benefits................................ 0
Other income............................ 0
Total monthly income.................... 1330

My folks give me the money for there mobile phones and it comes out of my accounts hence including it. The funds go into another account which covers my breakdown cover and account charge and mobile phone cover as I purchased a phone out right so I wanted cover as it has broken once already.

The food of £200 normally isn't as high as that but that was me going though my bank statement for the past month and picking out all the supermarkets.

The landline includes unlimited broadband and all calls and the Sky is currently half price at the £52 which is due to end in August 2018.

As a female I don't think haircuts at £15 every approx 6 weeks is too bad.

I don't smoke or drink or do drugs. I couldn't tell you the last time I was at the cinema and my last night out was a Christmas night out and the one before that I couldn't tell you when it was. I like to go on holiday which is how I think I have gotten into this state and I have a couple of trips already arranged for this year but the money for that is already set aside and goes into a different account direct off my salary. I know I should give these but and chuck everything at my debt but what would be the point in living if I didn't have any kind of enjoyment and just worked and went home every day.

I haven't missed any payments and I pay more than the minimum payment required so I am not in the cycle of making the min payment only. Some I am overpayment by £25 a month. I don't know if it makes a difference what I pay and if I reduce these to just being £1 over the min would it still show as not being a min payment made?

thank you for all your help and I am willing to take on board all advice. I need to get myself out of this hole as I earn an OK wage just annoyed I'm still in this cycle.

You might not go out often but you do sometimes go out so should budget something for entertainment. Same for clothing? Do you genuinely never buy clothes, not even new underpants? If holidays are your thing and want to continue them then you should be budgeting something for holidays each month as well.

Do you really need a car given that you are only spending £50 a month on petrol/diesel? Could you save money using public transport/cycling and only hiring a car as and when you need one?

According to your SOA you have £135.94 left each month. Where is that money going because currently you have no savings?

Telephone (land line)................... 40 - even if this includes unlimited broadband, you can do better - if you are not tied up in contract, switch this.
Mobile phone............................ 39 - so this is for three people? In that case not too bad. Include the money you get from your parents in your income and add "breakdown cover and account charge" in SOA. And what account charge and how much is that?
TV Licence.............................. 0 - assuming your parents pay this?
Satellite/Cable TV...................... 52 - do your parents need this or is this only for you? If only for you, end it in August and do without for a while or switch to Netflix etc.
Groceries etc. ......................... 200 - if this is only for you, you can cut this down. I assume this includes any lunches you pick up during working day? (Start making your own, at least say three days a week to start with and hopefully you get into habit of making them every day)

Definitely pay off Next and Creation first - any extra you should put towards these.
Tesco loan - is it really 0%?

There are lots of gaps in the soa like holidays (you have already admitted a lot of the debt comes from taking unbudgeted ones) and entertainment. You are struggling for money because almost half your wages are going on debt repayment. The £32k + debt has presumably arisen through overspending and consolidation, one of the big no nos in debt repayment.

To get out of the debt cycle there are only two ways - one is to knuckle down and live in budget and keep the interest rates as low as possible. 4 of the debts seem to be on fairly high interest rates so if you cannot get any 0% deals to transfer them to then they should be tackled first. Your outgoings are relatively low though as you live with your parents. If you are going to take holidays though you have to budget for them and not borrow. You should also get rid of your credit cards as I guess the reason they are not going down is because you are still spending on them. The other way of getting out of debt is to increase income and in your case then it would be a second job.

You need an emergency fund as you have a car so some of that surplus should go towards that. I am not sure where the holiday money is coming from as it does not appear you have enough spare to save for holidays so I can only guess you are borrowing for it unless they are quite cheap holidays.

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